Car-door fitting.



No. 708,367. Patented Sept. 2, I902. G. KBYGOSKI &. E. A. LOWBIE.

GAR DOOR FITTING.

(Application filed Apr. 17, 1902.) (No Model.)

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GREGORY KRYGOSKI AND EDlVARD A. LO\VRIE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,ASSIGNORS OF ONE-FOURTH TO STANISLA\V A. CZERNIEWSKI.

CAR-DOOR FiTTlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,367, datedSeptember 2, 1902.

Application filed April 17, 1902. Serial No. 108,305. (No modeli) Z? allwhom it may concern: 7

Beit known that we, GREGORY KRYGOSKI and EDWARD A. LoWRIE, of the cityof St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Car- DoorFittings, of which the following is a fuli,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof.

Our invention relates to improvements in car-door fittings; and itconsists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

Our object is to make an improved car-door fitting for use with slidingcar-doors which move outwardly from the side of the car when opened,said car-doors being mounted upon hangers such as shown in our companionapplication for car-door hangers, filed July 20, 1901, Serial No.69,164, and our improved car door fitting is to be located at the lowerrear corner of the door whenthe door is open to hold the door fromswinging against the side of the car and to hold the door from swingingoutwardly and to hold the door from sliding forwardly.

Our invention consists of a fasteningplate adapted to be secured to theside of the car, abase-plate extending-"horizontally outwardly from theupper end of said fastening-plate, an outer guideplate extendingupwardly from the base, an inner guide-plate extending upwardly from thebase, a stop-plate extending upwardly from the base and connecting therear ends of the guide-plates, a spring-snap attached to the stop-platein position to engage the door, there being a recess in the door toreceive the snap and hold the door open, said stop-plate serving tolimit the backward motion of the door and said guideplates serving tohold the door from swinging inwardly against the side of the car and tohold the door from swinging outwardly, a recess-plate embedded into thecar-door to receive the snap, and a handle on the snap for manuallyreleasing the snap from the recess.

Figure 1 shows a top plan view of'our improved car-door fitting, theside of the car and the door being shown in position for use. Fig. 2 isa side elevation as seen looking in ing upwardly from the inner end ofthe base 6, the stop 9, extending upwardly from the rear side of thebase 6 and connecting the rear ends of the guides, the spring-snap 10,attached to the stop-plate 9 in position to engage the car-door, and therecess-plate 11, embedded into the lower rear corner of the car-door toreceive the snap 10, as required to hold the car-door from slidingforwardly.

As before suggested, our improved ear-door fitting is intended to beused at the lower rear corner of the car-door when the car-door is open,said car-door being mounted to move away from the side of the car whenit slides open. As shown in Fig. 1, the car-door 12 passes backwardlybetween the guides 7 and 8 until it strikes the stop 9. The plate 11 hasa beveled or inclined face 13 to engage the forward inclined face 14. ofthe snap, so that as the car-door passes backwardly the point of thesnap will ride on the surface 13, pushing the snap outwardly until therecess is reached, and then the snap will spring into the recess, so asto hold the doorfrom sliding forwardly. The guide-plate 7 holds the doorfrom swinging outwardly and the guide-plate 8 holds the door fromswinging inwardly. The handle 15 extends outwardly from the snap as ameans of manuallyreleasing the snap from the door when it is desired toclose the door.

We claim-- 1. A car-door fitting comprising a fastening-plate adapted tobe secured to the side of the car; a base-plate extending horizontallyoutwardly from the upper end of said fastening-plate an outerguide-plate extending upwardly from the base; an inner guide-plateextending upwardly from the base; a stopplate extending upwardly fromthe base and connecting the rear ends of the guide-plates; a spring-snapattached to the stop-plate in position to engage the door; there being arecess in the door to receive the snap and hold the door open; said stopplate serving to limit the backward motion of the door; and saidguide-plates serving to hold the door from swinging inwardly against theside of the car, and to hold the door from swinging outwardly,substantially as specified.

2. A car-door fitting comprising a fastening-plate adapted to be securedto the side of the car; a base-plate extending horizontally outwardlyfrom the upper end of said fastening-plate; an outer guide-plateextending upwardly from the base; an inner guide-plate extendingupwardly from the base; a stopplate extending upwardly from the base andconnecting the rear ends of the guide-plates; a spring-snap attached tothe stop-plate in car-door to receive the snap; and a handle on the snapfor manually releasing the snap from the recess, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

hi v GREGORY KRYGOSKI.

mark

EDWARD A. LOWRIE.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EIoKs, M. G. lRIoN.

